Ice hockey is a game played on ice between two teams of 11 players who use long curved sticks to hit a small rubber disk, called a puck, and try to score goals.
[mainly British]regional note: in AM, usually use hockey
ice hockey in British English
noun
a game played on ice by two opposing teams of six players each, who wear skates and try to propel a flat puck into their opponents' goal with long sticks having an offset flat blade at the end
Nine months on, the negotiations that began at the ice hockey game have made good progress.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And... some people love ice hockey!
The Sun (2012)
In terms of the visibility of the object at its heart, golf is almost worse than ice hockey in this respect.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They still have four great chances in the men's and women's ice hockey and curling.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The ice hockey team, the barometer of the national mood, have been winning again.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If that looks like a mammoth undertaking, consider the American sports stadiums that regularly switch back and forth from basketball venue to ice hockey rink.